You know what Tara suggested before? That it would be a tormictionist's dream if a characters could not go unconscious? I figured out a way to make that happen. In a story we're sort of plotting, authors get thrown back and forth between three worlds. What if those authors, and all the people around them, couldn't be knocked unconscious? That would be fun.
As before and always be,
Nestami.
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Thursday, January 8, 2009
You're a Tormictionist if... (cont.)
...you and your friends hold contests where the competitors tell stories of what you do to your characters, and the others say, “That's not half as bad as what I did to this person...”
...you get selected for 'random check' at the airport more than once because of that evil gleam in your eye -even though your most dangerous weapons are the pen and notebook you have in your carry-on
...you know that tormictionitizing is crazy and that's exactly why you do it
...you have trouble thinking of ways you can be nice to your characters
...you wonder why people think you're so strange because you think everyone else is as crazy as you are
...knives are your favorite weapon -tool -because they're not fatal all the time but can cause some serious damage
For Fun or Not For Fun
Both. I tormict my characters for fun and for certain vital parts in the story. The bad guys beat on the good guys, of course, and there are specific places where the bad guys hold certain grudges against the good guys. And there are a few spots where I just feel like beating on people. Of course you don't do that to real ones, so...where's a better place? The little kids are annoying me to death...hmmm...I've got a spot for that right here where I have her get frostbite and he gets fifty lashes with one of my specialty whips...
As before and always be,
Nestami.
As before and always be,
Nestami.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
What I Do
I admit it, I admit it! I encourage The Story into doing what it does!
*evil tormictionist grin* I don't care. I love it. Especially the looks on Tara's face when I tell her what I've gotten my characters into now. And she's probably figured out by now that the place I threw poor Tu'Haln was the Gorge of Caharn. Of course...nah, not right now, I can do that later. Anyway, I need to get off and do some things, so as before and always be, Nestami.
*evil tormictionist grin* I don't care. I love it. Especially the looks on Tara's face when I tell her what I've gotten my characters into now. And she's probably figured out by now that the place I threw poor Tu'Haln was the Gorge of Caharn. Of course...nah, not right now, I can do that later. Anyway, I need to get off and do some things, so as before and always be, Nestami.
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
What if...
... there was a person who was literally incapable of going unconscious? It'd be a tormictionist's dream, I can tell you that. *evil grin* Think about it- they get whammed in the head, but instead of getting knocked out, they simply have an unthinkably horrendous headache. The implications are numerous. *looks at Tahlia* And I get first dibs on it. =-)
Monday, January 5, 2009
For My Fellow Tormictionist
Ok, Tara, get me out of this one. And don't ask why I posed this.
In the center of a desert there's a deep canyon. On the canyon floor is a boy about fourteen-fifteen years of age. He's normally tall and strong, but at this point a third of the bones in his body are broken (not including his neck or back). He is wearing a light leather shirt and pants and has no water or food or weapons.
Take into account:
He's mute.
He's been there for two days.
He's not a main character.
(His name is not Lirel.)
There are no other human beings for at least a twenty mile radius.
At least twenty hungry animals are watching and waiting for him to die.
The canyon does open into the desert on both sides.
Now, I want you to get him out of there alive.
In the center of a desert there's a deep canyon. On the canyon floor is a boy about fourteen-fifteen years of age. He's normally tall and strong, but at this point a third of the bones in his body are broken (not including his neck or back). He is wearing a light leather shirt and pants and has no water or food or weapons.
Take into account:
He's mute.
He's been there for two days.
He's not a main character.
(His name is not Lirel.)
There are no other human beings for at least a twenty mile radius.
At least twenty hungry animals are watching and waiting for him to die.
The canyon does open into the desert on both sides.
Now, I want you to get him out of there alive.
You're a Tormictionist if...
...you actually use the word enough to justify its creation
...your conversations with your friends are either on how to torture a character or how to get him/her out of an impossible situation -that you created to torture the person you're trying to rescue
...you can't get your characters out of the situations you put them in -and you stubbornly refuse to change the situation in any way
...you have to vocally reassure your characters that you'll get them out of the trouble you put them in
...anything even hinting at hurting a person physically reminds you of a time you did something like that to your character
...you make the character you torture the most of a nearly invincible race simply for the purpose of torturing him/her more
...your daydreams are on how to hurt a character but not badly enough so that he/she can't get out of the situations you put them in
...your friends have to remind you to not beat on your characters too much
...your friends know you have another idea that will torture your character the moment that certain gleam enters your eyes
...you enjoy doing it
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